Head of Technical Program Management @ Google · AI & Org Transformation at Billion-User Scale · Strategic Execution & Cross-Functional Leadership Across 3,000+ Person Orgs · NYU Professor

Driving the next era of intelligent execution.

From turning zero-to-one ambiguity into enterprise reality to leading Technical Program Management for Agentic AI in Google Workspace, Jessica Pelegio operates where strategy becomes execution. She teaches the next generation of tech leaders at NYU and brings that same sharp, curious eye to exploring fine champagne and global culture.

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Bio

Jessica Pelegio builds and scales the operational engines that turn cutting-edge AI innovation into enterprise-grade reality. As Head of Technical Program Management for Agentic AI in Google Workspace, she leads the technical orchestration, cross-functional delivery, and operational strategy for the autonomous systems transforming how hundreds of millions of people work.

A 15-year Google veteran, Jessica thrives at the exact intersection of high-level strategy, technical execution, and high-stakes decision-making. She has a proven track record of taking zero-to-one ambiguous technologies and building the frameworks, systems, and global teams required to operate them at scale — from driving organizational alignment across 3,000+ people to steering multi-million-dollar programs under intense market pressure.

Complementing her corporate leadership, Jessica is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, where she teaches Management Skills for Technology Professionals — equipping the next generation of executives with battle-tested frameworks for operating under complexity. Fluent in five languages with leadership experience spanning four continents, she brings a rare, globally informed perspective to scaling complex technical operations.

Resume

Experience

2024Dec 2024 — Present

Head of AI Data Strategy and Operations

Google · New York

  • Architected the foundational data supply chain for Google's GenAI portfolio across 7 flagship products, establishing governance to process 1.5M+ privacy-compliant records
  • Managed Google Workspace's global partner ecosystem for ethical data procurement
  • Eliminated millions in annual third-party synthetic data spend by building internal, privacy-first pipelines; improved model evaluation scores 10–20% through higher-quality human data
  • Directed market entry of Workspace Studios automation agents, using specialized partner data to calibrate core AI skill output quality; defined executive delivery strategy for Google Cloud Next and I/O 2026
2021May 2021 — Dec 2024

Head of PMO, Google Drive

Google · New York

  • Served on the Drive product leadership team alongside Engineering and Product directors and UX leads, co-owning annual planning, org OKRs, and resourcing priorities
  • Led the Drive TPM function and operating cadence for a ~400-person engineering organization; managed and mentored up to 8 TPMs across ~30 concurrent initiatives per year
  • Built Drive's portfolio operating system — planning rhythms, delivery standards, reporting, escalation paths — improving launch velocity 55%, saving leadership 300+ meeting hours, and doubling project capacity without headcount growth
  • Primary technical point of contact during critical releases, coordinating war rooms and go/no-go deployment decisions under aggressive timelines
2020Jun 2020 — May 2021

Senior Program Manager

Google Cloud

  • Built financial models for people and hiring costs; presented ROI analyses directly to the Google Cloud CEO, driving hundreds of millions in P&L savings
  • Designed and implemented 25+ strategic initiatives impacting 40K+ employees, in partnership with consulting, finance, and data analytics teams
  • Created executive communication strategies and success-tracking systems for HRBP and Engineering VPs
2016Jun 2016 — Jun 2020

Program Manager

Google Workspace

  • Owned the "Next Mile" enterprise migration methodology for moving Fortune 500 customers from Microsoft to Google Workspace — now the gold-standard playbook used by Workspace sales and delivery teams
  • Led 14 customers with 50K+ employees through migration, a process that usually takes 18 months
  • Identified and drove resolution of 200+ migration blockers (60 resolved in one year) in partnership with product and engineering
  • Identified enterprise Data Governance as a deal and migration blocker; established a new Data Governance vertical, unlocking $1B+ in contract potential including US Government and EU state-owned entities
  • Led Google Workspace's COVID response, coordinating multi-stakeholder migration of millions of education customers globally in two weeks
2014Mar 2014 — Jun 2020

Product Support Manager

Google · Ireland

  • Owned support strategy for several Google products across hundreds of launches; managed all support channels with 200M+ access and up to 25% contact rate
  • Led a 16+ person cross-functional team internationalizing support strategy across 70+ languages, all of Google's international markets
  • Served as the voice of Google's users across EMEA and LATAM back into product teams
2025Jan 2025 — Present

Adjunct Instructor

NYU School of Professional Studies

  • Teaches graduate-level "Management Skills for Technology Professionals," helping students build real-world skills for technology-driven environments
Education

Foundations

Master's, International Business
Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France — 2010–2012
Eiffel Excellence Scholarship, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
MBA, Project Management
Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil — 2008–2010
BA, International Relations
Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, Brazil — 2004–2008
Teacher assistant, partial scholarship
Core Competencies

Skills

Enterprise PMO Leadership Portfolio Governance AI / GenAI Data Strategy OKR Planning & Execution Cross-functional Stakeholder Mgmt Change Management Budget & Resource Management Data Privacy & Compliance SDLC Management Vendor Management
Happy Hour

A few things worth knowing

Off the record, but on the record.

80 Countries visited
5 Languages spoken
🎓 Adjunct professor at NYU, teaching graduate students "Management Skills for Technology Professionals"
🍾 Certified Champagne specialist, credentialed by Comité Champagne
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